找了一段時間
聽說好像是Dahon發明的?
可是又好像不是
有人知道嗎??
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Then in 1982, Dr. David Hon began production of the first Dahon folding bike
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Which brings us to the folding bike, and this is where it gets a bit murky, for a couple of reasons. First there is the issue of what exactly constitutes a "folding" bike. There are a few historical references to so-called folding bikes but the descriptions of them sound more like "disassemble-able" bikes rather than true folders wherein the frame actually collapses in some manner while still staying attached to itself. Secondly, there are claims from several inventors in many countries claiming to be the inventor of the folding bike. Most of these claims can't be documented in a convincing manner but that's not to say that they aren't necessarily true. The actual first inventor of the folding bike may never be known with absolute surety. Oddly, perhaps preceding the folding bicycle, there are a few patents filed that make reference to folding "tricycles" dating from the 1880's from such companies as Bayliss Thomas in England and The Pope Manufacturing Company in the U.S.
Englishman William Grout is often given credit for inventing the first folding bike in 1878 but from most accounts, his bicycle (a penny-farthing design pictured below) had a folding front wheel and a frame that disassembled. It has been more correctly referred to as a "portable" bicycle rather than a true folding bicycle.
One of the first credibly documented inventions of a folding bike is by the American Michael B. Ryan in his U.S. patent filing dated Dec 26, 1893 and issued on April 17,1894 as patent number 518,330. A excerpt from the patent reads "The principle object of my present invention is to produce a bicycle, so constructed that it can be easily folded and thus take up less space in length when not in use or when transported or stored." Drawings from the actual patent are below.
Quite a few historical texts claim that the French military invented the first folding bike. In particular, a French military officer named Captain Gérard is given credit. In researching this claim, I was able to find the patent application for this particular bike. The date of the application was December 11, 1895 putting it's invention almost two years later than Ryan's bike. Henry Gérard is listed as the co-inventor on the patent along with Charles Morel, a wealthy French industrialist whose company manufactured the bike. The first image below is a drawing from the patent, the second is a photo of the bike, the third is an illustration dated 1897 from Revue Militaire Suisse depicting Gérard's men conducting military maneuvers with their folding bikes.
資料來源
http://www.foldingcyclist.com/folding-bike-history.html
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